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Letters Patent No. 77,386, dated April 28, 1868.

IMPROVED CLOTHES-WRINGER.

TO ALL WIIOM IT MAY CONOERN:

-Be it known that we, vANDnrw F. LAPIIAM, ofthe city, county, and Stateof New York, and FRANKLIN E. PRATT, ot Mott Ilaven, in thecounty ofWestchester, and State of New York, have-invented a new and improvedClothes-Wringer; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexeddrawing forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 isa frontelevation of our invention.

Figure 2 is an lend elevation of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in both gures.

Our invention consists in an improved .clothes-wringen composed of fourcompressing-bars, held together by two swivel-links, or an equivalenttherefor, said bars carrying two wringing-rollers at their forward ends,and being provided with rubber ball-springs 'at their rear ends. andbeing also provided with clamps for securing the device to the tub, aswill be presentlyA explained. i

-A A designate the two upper, and B `B the two lower compressing-bars.Each pair ot' upper and lower bars, A B, are held together laterally bycross-pieces, and vertically by a swivel-link, C, one part of said linkbeing secured to a lower bar, B, and the other part passing up through abar, A, and at its top being provided with a screw-thread, uponwhich'works a thumb-nut, a. A rubber spring, b, and washer, c, areinterposed between the said thumb-nut and the bar A, as shown clearlyinvg. 1; but we will remark that this spring and washer may be omitted,if desirable. v y

D D are the wringing-rollers, and they are journalled in the forwardpart of each compressing-bar, the journal of the lower roller beingcurved outvsnihciently far beyond the lower bar to receive a crankLf,for operating the rollers. The position of these rollers will be'understood by referenceto fig. 2.

E E are two rubber balls, one of which is arranged between the rear endsof a pair of compression-bars,-

A B, and, in the present instanoe,`it is held in place by cups c c,secured to the respective bars A B.

F F are guide-pieces, placed at eachend of the rollers, for properlyVguiding the clothes -while'being fed in between the rollers.

G G are two swivel-clamps, for securing the wringer to the tub. Eachclamp consists of two jaws, set at a suiiicient distance apartl to beplaced over the edge of a tub, and one oi` these carries a thumb-screw,d, by screwing up which the wringer is securely fastened to the tub.Each clamp is arranged so that it can be turn-ed laterally, so asto-correspond to thel curve of the edge ot' a tub, as can be understoodby reference to iig. 1.

We will here remark that should it be desired to use the same for amangling-kmachine, the'rollers D D can be quickly removed, and rollerssuitablei'or mangling purposes substituted for them.

From the above description it is evident that our wringer possessesgreat strength, with ample provision for the yielding ofthecompressing-bars, and also thc rollers, but its capacity for yielding isso regulated that there will be no danger of its not 'performingitsswerk properly. v H I We are aware of a patent granted to George N.Belles, January 24,1865, for a. wringing-machine in general appearanceresembling ours, but the construction of some of the parts which enterinto the combination we have shown is different from that oi' Belles, towit, the link, with its regulating thumbfscrcw, and the springs forcompressingthe forward ends of the bars. The spring in Bolless wringeris of an entirely different cbnstruction from ours. More expense andlabor are necessary, in order to' make and .apply it, than in ours. Itpossesses more parts, and is more likely to become deranged. We willfurther state that we distinctly disclaim anything which is shown andclaimed in the said Bolless patent.-

lWhat we claim as our invention, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,is'

A clothes-wringer, composed of the compressing-bars A B, link C, withits thumb-nut a, springs E E, and rollers D D, all constructed,arranged, and operating in themanner and for the purposes hereinspecied.

` ANDREW F. LAPHAM, i FRANK. E. PRATT. Witnesses:

M. M. LIVINGSTON, JOHN R. COOPER.

